The electro-mechanical response of conductive carbon-nanotube(CNT)-polymer composites is vital when they are used as smart-sensing materials. Clarifying the variation trend of resistance with strain is the key to design and regulate the piezoresistive property of such material. Here, we present some finite element simulations to predict the electro-mechanical response using a geometrical model comprising two hollow cylindrical CNTs and a cuboid matrix. The electrical contact between CNTs is represented by some elements which account for quantum tunnelling effects and capture the sensitivity of conductivity to separation. Different from classical simulations using solid model or one-dimensional beam model, in which the tunnelling resistance between two CNTs changes monotonously with strain, the results in this work show that the trend is non-monotonic in some cases, i.e. it increases at first and then decreases with the uniaxial compressive strain when the elastic modulus of the matrix is high. In addition, factors affecting the different variation trends are discussed in details, which include geometric model, elastic modulus and Poisson's ratio of the matrix, and orientation angle.
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